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George Gillett, left, and Tom Hicks — now lovey and dovey again. Happens when rich people need money.
Been a while since we’ve posted anything about how Tom Hicks is screwing up Liverpool — the soccer team, not the entire city, though there is a fine line. Anyway, word began circulating over the weekend that Hicks and Liverpool FC co-owner George Gillett, with whom the Texas Rangers’ owner has had a contentious relationship for months, have kissed and made up. Hence, this description of the twosome as “the Lemmon and Matthau of Premier League owners,” which makes Hicks … um … neither?
Only, the gruesome twosome are lovey-dovey again for one reason: They need to kick in mounds of their own dough to further finance the team — specifically, the construction of a new stadium, which is being done by Dallas-based HKS, Inc. Notes one Liverpool daily: “The worldwide clampdown on lending means they would still face huge problems raising the deposit now needed for what is effectively a mortgage to build a new Anfield.” But, hey, at least the Rangers are one game over .500. –Robert Wilonsky
